§ 2. Mr. James Hallasked the Undersecretary of State for India what measures have been taken by the Government of India in regard to the draft conventions and recommendations adopted by the Twenty-first (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference in 1936?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadI am sending the hon. Member a copy of two reports by the Government of India, stating their conclusions in regard to the draft Conventions and Recommendations adopted at the Session in question.
§ Mr. HallIs the hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that the Government of India are not prepared to adopt these recommendations as regards the conditions of officers and seamen, because the British Government have not ratified the Convention; and will he make representations to the British Government, since the Government of India have expressed their sympathy with this Convention, to have some move made in that direction?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadIt is true that ratification by India was, in some cases, dependent on ratification by the United. Kingdom. Questions regarding the action of the United Kingdom should be addressed to the appropriate Minister.